What are the main treatments for brain cancer

What are the main treatments for brain cancer? Brain cancer is a common intracranial malignant tumor. If it is not treated actively, it will take the patient's life at any time. It is very dangerous. In the face of this disease, we must maintain an optimistic attitude, receive treatment as soon as possible, and prolong our survival. So, what are the main treatments for brain cancer?

1. Surgical treatment: For tumors that grow in areas that can be surgically removed, surgery should be considered first. Patients with symptoms of brain herniation should undergo emergency surgery. For brain tumors that grow in areas that cannot be surgically removed, palliative surgery (such as cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery) can be performed to temporarily relieve high intracranial pressure, prolong the patient's life and create conditions for comprehensive treatment. Some tumors can be treated with adjuvant therapy to shrink the tumor before surgical removal, such as taking olfactory secretion to reduce the size of pituitary prolactin adenoma and then removing it with microsurgery.

2. Chemotherapy: There are two methods of administration: systemic and intrathecal, but systemic administration is the main method. At present, drugs with strong lipid solubility, small molecular structure, easy to pass through the blood-brain barrier and good efficacy are commonly used. During chemotherapy, chemical drugs are injected into the patient's body through the vein to kill or inhibit the growth of tumor cells. It is mainly used to assist surgery and radiotherapy, and chemotherapy cannot replace surgery or radiotherapy. This is also a method of treating brain cancer.

3. Radiation therapy: It is one of the methods for treating tumors. It is sometimes used as an adjuvant therapy after partial tumor resection or chemotherapy. It is suitable for the following brain tumors that are sensitive to radiation therapy: pituitary adenoma, medulloblastoma, glioblastoma multiforme, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, pineal adenoma, choroid plexus papilloma, hemangioblastoma, craniopharyngioma, metastatic carcinoma, germ cell tumor, etc.

4. Chinese medicine treatment: It is suitable for patients who are not suitable for surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or relapse after surgery. Cancer treatment should start with blood stasis and toxins, organically combining drug treatment, psychological counseling, physical exercise and diet conditioning, adhering to holistic treatment and syndrome differentiation, and combining the four methods can improve the body's immune function, reduce adverse reactions after treatment, reduce the recurrence of tumors after surgery, improve the quality of human life, and achieve the purpose of prolonging life.

In addition, some brain tumors can be treated with adjuvant therapy to shrink the tumor before surgery. Patients who can achieve better treatment results are often very optimistic and cheerful, and can cooperate well with the doctor's treatment. Therefore, for diseases such as brain tumors, scientific and reasonable comprehensive treatment is the basis, and a good attitude may also bring satisfactory results.